All-Professional Master of Darkness - Chapter 395

c395 complex situation

“Oh my goodness.” Lan Wu looked at Gerrera in surprise, not knowing what to say.

The situation in Harrogath, or Arreat Plateau, has become extremely complicated. If the barbarian elder Hardingson’s family dominated Harrogath, then the current Arreat Plateau has become more chaotic than the Warring States period.

The world has changed drastically, and the disaster has come. There are many survivors who escaped the disaster, more than 100,000 people, and more than one-tenth of the Harrogath people survived. As the Holy Mountain of Arreat was destroyed by the disaster, Diablo and Baal no longer focused on the Arreat Plateau, but shifted their focus to Heaven, the mortal enemy of Hell.

So compared to Kurast Harbor and other places, this place is almost comparable to New Tristram. This is also one of the confusions that Lan Wu has not found a demon since he came here.

Without external enemies, the surviving humans seem to have subconsciously chosen to forget the catastrophe that happened not long ago, and indulged in the struggle for power again. Among them, the force headed by Hardingson is the most powerful, covering 70% of the population of all survivors.

The remaining 30% of the population is divided into more than a dozen forces of different sizes, each occupying one side and becoming a king. And a group of traditional barbarians such as Gerrera are also among them.

All forces have the same goal, to rebuild Harrogath. In fact, it is understandable if you think about it. Harrogath has been completely destroyed, this is a fact. And the demons have almost disappeared, and only a few demon tribes occasionally appear on the plateau. But everyone has lived under the shadow of Baal and knows the greed of the demons of hell. No one dares to guarantee that those demons who are becoming stronger and stronger will not appear again. Without tall and solid walls, how can we resist the attack of those demons.

But here comes the problem.

Rebuilding Harrogath is everyone’s goal. But what after the reconstruction? Will it return to the situation where Hardingson’s family is the only one in the past? The great changes in the world and the arrival of natural disasters have made everyone confused. At this time, some people who were unwilling to be inferior to others stood up and proposed that the rebuilt Harrogas follow a similar system as the Kurast Council to avoid a single dominant force.

Frankly speaking, this proposal is good. At least it is the best choice now after the fusion of the three worlds. The reason is simple. It is true that Hardingson’s side occupied the original right to speak in Harrogas, but the Harrogas in the other two worlds also have leaders. So many forces have an inevitable dispute on this issue.

It stands to reason that Hardingson is only the leader of the lowest world and is born weak. But I don’t know if he is lucky or the gods are helping him. The other two Harrogas unfortunately became victims of natural disasters. There are very few survivors who escaped. So Hardingson took advantage of the number of people, seized the right to speak in one fell swoop, and became the largest force.

Hardingson took advantage. This heroic figure immediately launched an action to expand his advantage. In four years, he not only gathered seven-tenths of the population, but also built a small city called New Harrogas. With the protection of the city wall, his power grew stronger. Although the other opponents had superior individual strength, they were embarrassed because they were far inferior to New Harrogath in all aspects, so they had to stay away from other places and became grass-roots kings.

But the hatred was formed, and it was not small.

Hearing this, Lan Wu understood. The reason why they were attacked just now was that they were regarded as the enemy’s lone people by Hardingson’s men, and other enemy forces secretly targeted them, trying to reap the benefits. As a result, they were caught by the yellow birds like Grela.

“Then you…” Lan Wu smiled and looked at Grela deeply.

“We are just for survival and revenge.” Grela was not stupid. He saw what Lan Wu was thinking and smiled frankly without any embarrassment.

“Revenge? Revenge on whom?” Lan Wu asked curiously. Now almost all the demons on the Arreat Plateau have been taken to heaven.

“Hell.” Grela looked resolute, with unwilling anger in his eyes.

“Understood.” Lan Wu was not surprised by Grela’s answer. These traditional barbarians are not interested in the internal fighting between humans. There are two reasons why they will be the last beneficiary.

One is to prepare supplies. The emergence of the new Harrogath has given Hardingson’s side the most comprehensive improvement. After the first two years of hardship, food, weapons, equipment, medicines and other supplies no longer exist, and they have the style of Harrogath in the past. But small forces like Grela do not have such good conditions.

The second is to obtain a better living environment. Grela has long claimed that his small force is only for revenge against hell and to wash away the humiliation of the destruction of the Holy Mountain. But he also knows that this is impossible to dispel the concerns of others. It is only because of the strength of the barbarian tribe that they accept it on the surface. So it is inevitable to secretly provoke various forces in private in order to seek living space.

“What are you going to do next?” Lan Wu brought up the topic directly. Frankly speaking, he couldn’t judge whether Grela’s actions were right or wrong. There are different views from different angles. And now it might as well stand on Grela’s side, at least there is still the friendship at the beginning. It is normal to help relatives but not others.

The most important problem now is that the action of Grela and his team failed to achieve the desired effect. Not only did they fail to wipe out those people, but they also exposed the plan that had been secretly implemented for several years. It is easy to think that those who escaped back would not be so kind to hide the truth for them. In this way, they will surely become the target of public criticism. After all, it was just suspicion before, but now there is ironclad evidence.

“We will leave the current camp and find another place to settle our people.” Grela did not hide it and frankly stated the plan.

“Join us, Lord God’s Grace.” Weiss interrupted and said, “Will is now our patriarch. Your joining will increase our confidence.”

“Will is not dead either?” Lan Wu shouted in surprise.

“He is very strong now, and he is completely different from before.” Grela knew that Lan Wu was deliberately avoiding it, and he did not force it. The joining of a God’s Grace will indeed increase the confidence of the people, but he is not unfamiliar with the truth that a forced melon is not sweet. Before, he planned to reap the benefits of the fisherman and see if he could persuade the lone person to join, so he took the risk. But now that he knew it was Lan Wu, he no longer forced it.

“Take me to see him. I failed to fulfill my promise, so now I will give him a great gift.” Lan Wu smiled mysteriously, stood up and patted his butt.

After many twists and turns in the dark, the group finally arrived at the current camp of the barbarians at dawn.